Home / Quotes / Quote by Moby

Quote by Moby

“We do all, myself included, we tend to hold ourselves to pretty low standards. But when it comes to judging public figures or politicians or people we've never met, we tend to hold people to very high standards, and, if we held ourselves to those standards, we'd always fall short.”

Quote by Moby

Author

Moby, born Richard Melville Hall, is an American singer-songwriter and music producer known for his innovative contributions to the electronic music genre. His music blends various styles, including electronic, rock, jazz, and classical. Moby's work has had a profound impact on both the music industry and popular culture. more

You May Also Like

“For better or worse, I'm interested in just about everything: every different type of music I can imagine. I can never see a reason to choose just one type of music at the exclusion of everything else. Different types of music are capable of being rewarding in different kinds of ways.”

Way Kind I Can Different Reason Imagine Type Capable Just One Different Kinds Exclusion Different Types Of Music

Author:Moby

“I think there are two types of photographers, those who want to document the world and those who want to create their own world. I am more interested in documenting the world and presenting it to people with the question attached, 'Does this make any sense to you?'”

People Thinking World Want Doe Two Type Photographer Documents Presenting

Author:Moby

“If Nirvana had remained a small, underground punk rock band, Kurt Cobain would still be alive. And he'd probably be living in Seattle, getting kind of fat and balding, be relatively happy and producing records for other people.”

People Ifs Kind Stills Records Alive Rocks Band Fats Punk Punk Rock Seattle Rock Bands Cobain

Author:Moby

“The people who get more fame, who get more money, more often than not they are miserable, insecure and on anti-depressants. It's strange that everyone keeps buying into this idea that more success is good, that more fame is good, that more money is good. Yet, we look at the people who have more success, more fame, more money and they're miserable.”

People Looks Ideas Strange Fame Miserable Buying More Money Insecure Depressants

Author:Moby

“A great song is a great song, whether it's on vinyl or CD or cassette or reel to reel or mp3. Then again, that might be an overly optimistic view, but I do think that great music will transcend the medium in which it is delivered.”

Thinking Might Song Views Mediums Optimistic Cds Great Music Vinyl Cassettes Mp3

Author:Moby

“A lot of people do talk about the demise of the album, but I still believe that if an artist tries hard to make a great album, people will buy it and listen to it as an album, rather than just a collection of random songs.”

People Ifs Trying Believe Stills Hard Artist Song Albums Collections Demise I Still Believe

Author:Moby

“A part of me wants to sort of try and sound cool and feed this myth that I'm some sort of glamorous lothario, but I was raised by women - my mother and her mother and my aunts - and as a result, most of my friends have always been women.”

Want Trying Mother Sound Results My Friends Raised Myth Aunt Glamorous

Author:Moby

“As a New Yorker you can't help but be proud of the fact that so much music and culture started here. Punk rock, jazz, hip-hop and house music started here, George Gershwin debuted 'Rhapsody in Blue' here; the Velvet Underground are from New York.”

Facts Helping Culture House Rocks New York Proud Blue Jazz Hip Hop Hips Hops Punk Be Proud New Yorkers Punk Rock Velvet Gershwin House Music Velvet Underground

Author:Moby

“As music became more profitable in the 1990s, it seemed like it attracted a lot of people who were just interested in the financial aspect of it, which is depressing.”

People Aspect Financial Depressing Profitable

Author:Moby

“As people continue to do more and buy more over the Internet, continue to meet people over the Internet, connection speeds are going to get faster, and the Internet is just going to become an even more integral part of people's lives.”

People Internet Connections Speed Faster Internet Connection

Author:Moby